Long Position on NEOG @ $89.00 on 9/24/2018 (Momentum)

Trading Channel on $NEOGNeogen Corporation (NEOG) develops, manufactures, and markets various products for food and animal safety worldwide.

It operates through two segments, Food Safety and Animal Safety.

The Food Safety segment primarily offers diagnostic test kits and complementary to detect dangerous and/or unintended substances in human food and animal feed, such as foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms, natural toxins, food allergens, genetic modifications, ruminant by-products, meat speciation, drug residues, pesticide residues, and general sanitation concerns; and AccuPoint Advanced rapid sanitation test for adenosine triphosphate, a chemical found in living cells. This segment offers its products primarily to food and feed, and grain processors and processors; meat and poultry processors, seafood processors, fruit and vegetable producers, and dairies; laboratories; and producers of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, veterinary vaccines, and nutraceutical products.

The Animal Safety segment provides veterinary instruments, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, topical and diagnostic products, rodenticides, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, and genomics testing services for the animal safety market. This segment offers various products for researchers to detect biologically active substances.

Its drug detection immunoassay test kits are used for the detection of abused and therapeutic drugs in farm and racing animals; detection of drug residues in meat and meat products; and human forensic toxicology drug screening applications.

In addition, this segment's products are also used to maintain sanitary conditions and limit the potential hazards of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors and retail chains. 

The company is reporting its results tomorrow. We expect a strong report. Ahead of that, shares are heading higher in an upward trading channel. The lower boundary of the said channel coincides with the stock's 50-day moving average.

 

Entry Point: $89.00

Stop Loss: $84.50

Trading Range: $53.653 - $97.38

Target Price: $97.90

Updates

10/31/2018 12:41:52 PM

NEOG closed at $62.15.

Position closed on 10/31/2018 at price of $62.15 with a -30.17% loss in 37 days.

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